On the last day of August, we returned from our much anticipated weeklong beach vacation in Ocean City, MD. We love vacationing at the very end of summer right when most people are going back to school and gearing up for the fall. We stayed at the same condo that we stayed at last year. Avery loves having her "own room," lots of open space to run around, and of course the bayside balcony!
We continued many traditions from last year...and also may have started a few more! One of their favorites is eating donuts after breakfast on the balcony.
This year, Mom Mom (Adam's mom) came down to spend three days with us during the week. It was great to have the extra help and it allowed Adam and I to go out on our own (twice!)
Such a treat for us! Here they are at Fish Tales.
She brought activities for the kids to do each day too. Here they are putting together helicopters (while drinking some pre-dinner martinis).
Last year, we discovered "Sundaes in the Park"...a Sunday night of live music, a beautiful sunset, a great playground and make your own sundaes! It is definitely one of the most fun days of the week!
I just can't get enough of the amazing sunsets there!
The kids did great on the beach this year! They both loved the sand.
Avery loved the water and played at the edge of it all morning long and by the end of the week, she even went in pretty far with Daddy.
Meanwhile (surprise, surprise) our sensitive little guy was not a fan of the water. He was happy just chilling in the sand or playing with his trucks.
They both loved all of the fun "beach" foods we packed each day to eat on the beach!
Fruit/veggies squeezers...
and yogurt sticks.
Our routine was to go to the beach every morning from 9 am to 1 pm, come back home to shower and nap. After naps, we headed out to whatever fun evening plans we had...most of which included dinners, playgrounds, ice cream and sunsets. Does life get much better than that?
Grayson made several fashion statements while on vaca...
sunglasses on top of his hat (while indoors),
his wearable towel,
his head in the blueberry container,
sea creature sponges all up his legs,
but most of the time, he just hung out in his diaper. Here he is in action jumping off the couch.
We got lots of cuddles from him this vacation, especially because he didn't seem to want to sleep much while there!
This required us to have several coffee runs! At least he helped me get the coffees back to our condo....
One afternoon, I took Avery on a Mini Golf date while Grayson napped back at the condo with Daddy. It was her first time and she did great! She got two holes in ones in the first game and two more in the next game. Yes, we played two games in a row and threw a fit when I said no to a third game. So, apparently she has a new love for mini golf!
Even though we really don't love the boardwalk, we took the kids there one night so that they could ride the merry-go-round (Grayson's first time on one!)
Our newest tradition is what I call "Lollipops at Sunset"...we let the kids pick out one thing at The Candy Kitchen. They both chose lollipops and they ate them on the deck while the sun set. This was probably their happiest night...they are so easy to please!
This was the view...
We finished the week off by having dinner at one of our favorite restaurants, Dead Freddies, which is just a few yards away from our condo. It's always a good time there!
Grayson really indulged in his newly discovered love of honey mustard...
and took advantage of the large portion he was given.
It was a great vacation, but already seems like it was months ago!
It was so great not to worry about house stuff, cooking, cleaning and other chores for a whole week. It was especially nice for Adam to be able to spend so much time with the kids since he's always working. But I still kind of feel like I'm needing a vacation from our vacation!
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